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Trump's Remarks Before Marine One Departure; July 29, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: July 29, 2020
South Lawn
9:15 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. We have a lot of things going on. As you know, were heading out to Texas right now.
But Portland Ill give you a little report on Portland: We have the courthouse very well secured. Our people have done a fantastic job. You hear all sorts of reports about us leaving. Were not leaving until theyve secured their city. We told the governor, we told the mayor: Secure your city. If they dont secure their city soon, we have no choice were going to have to go in and clean it out. Well do it very easily. Were all prepared to do it.
So, in Portland, they either clean out their city and do the job and get rid of the anarchists and agitators, which is what they are. Theyre not protesters; theyre anarchists and agitators. We have many in jail. Many of them have been put in jail. Its going to be a long sentence. They either clean out their city and do it right, or were going to have to do it for them.
On CARES, I think maybe, Steve, would you like to say something on that?
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Well, as of now, were very far apart. And because of that, the President and we have discussed a short-term extension to UI and the evictions so that we have some period to negotiate before this runs out. And the President is very (inaudible).
THE PRESIDENT: We want to work on the evictions so that people dont get evicted. Well work on the payments for the people. And the rest of it, were so far apart, we dont care. We really dont care. We want to take care of the people. The Democrats arent taking care of the people. The payments arent enough. The payments arent enough. You understand that. Theyre not making the payments; theyre not making them high enough. The Democrats are not taking care of the people. Nancy Pelosi takes care of herself, but she doesnt take care of anyone else.
If you look at whats going on with Schumer: So when Schumer and Pelosi can get together and take care of the people, well do something. In the meantime, we ought to stop evictions because that expires very soon. So we want to stop the evictions.
Q How do you rate Kamala Harris as a VP? Theres a rumor its going to be her.
THE PRESIDENT: I think shed be a fine choice, Kamala Harris. Shed be a fine choice.
Q Sir, you said you want to pass a short-term bill? A short-term bill. Are you saying you want to pass a short-term bill?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont hear a word youre saying.
Q Mr. President, are you saying you want to pass a short-term bill?
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Well, were looking at a deadline, obviously, of this Friday. The President is very focused on evictions and unemployment. And if we cant reach an agreement by then, the President wants to look at giving us more time to negotiate this.
THE PRESIDENT: Were focused on those two things. We want to take care of them now. The rest, we can discuss later. They want big bailout money for Democrats that ran cities terribly. Their cities are going down the tubes. If you look at Portland, if you look at whats going in Seattle Democrat-run cities, whether you like it or not, theyre terribly run, and theyre always over-taxed. So theyve taxed them too much and they run them poorly. And we dont like that.
And what the Democrats want are bailout funds, and what we want is we want to take care of people. And we should reward most of this country thats well run. You know, most of the country is very well run. Youre watching a Portland and youre watching Seattle. Youre watching New York, where they had a 400 percent increase in crime. Four hundred percent. My city that I love, that I left to do this job, and they had a 400 percent increase, and its unacceptable.
But most of the country is very well run, and Republican cities are very well run. And its a shame to reward badly run, radical-left Democrats, with all of this money that theyre looking for, for cities to throw it away on cities that are poorly run.
Q Are you confident that Russia did not place bounties on U.S. troops?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont I told you, I certainly read about it, and since then, Ive talked about it. Colin Powell says its not true. Colin Powell is not exactly somebody that Im a big fan of. Colin Powell says its not true. Other people say its not true.
If it were true, Id be very angry about it. But if you look at Russia, Russia became Russia from the Soviet Union because of Afghanistan. They lost a fortune and a lot of people a lot of people.
So I dont know why theyd be doing it. But if you tell me theyre doing it, I will certainly take that under consideration.
Q How would you respond if Russia did turn out to have done that? How would you respond? Would you do sanctions?
THE PRESIDENT: I would respond appropriately. Nobody has been tougher on Russia. Nobody has been tougher on China. Nobody has been tougher on Iran than me, and its not even close. And everybody knows this. Nobody has been tougher on Russia, China, or anybody else than me, including our allies NATO, who I got to pay $140 billion more money $140 billion. You know what that is?
Q A lot of money.
THE PRESIDENT: And you know why? Thats to hold Russia in check, all right? I did Russia no favor. Nobody has been tougher on Russia than I am.
Q Mr. President, on NATO, you just gave the order to remove U.S. troops from Germany. How does that keep Russia in check?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Germany is delinquent. They havent paid their fees. They havent paid their NATO fees. And theyre way off, and theyve been off for years, and they have no intention of paying it. And the United States has been taken advantage of on trade and on military and on everything else for many years, and Im here and Ive been straightening it out.
But Germany owes billions and billions of dollars to NATO. And why would we keep all of those troops there? And now Germany is saying its bad for their economy. Well, its good for our economy. Germany is delinquent. Theyre at 1 percent. They should be at 2 percent. And actually, everybody should be at 4 percent, not 2 percent, because 2 percent is too low. But theyre at 1 percent, and theyve take advantage of us for many years.
And you think thats bad? They take worse advantage on trade. And I was all set to fix that, and then we got hit with the China plague. But well be fixing it.
And a guy like Biden this country wouldnt have a chance. With Biden, our country wouldnt have a chance.
Go ahead.
Q In terms of China, they closed our consulate in Chengdu. Are you planning a response for that move by China?
THE PRESIDENT: No, well see what happens. Thats all right. Well see what happens.
Q Are you dropping the demand for FBI money the FBI building?
THE PRESIDENT: So the FBI building theyve been trying to build a new building for many years many, many years. They were thinking about going very far away, but you have to be near the Justice Department. You dont want to be too far away, where they have to drive for an hour, hour and a half because they had a site way out in Virginia, way out in Maryland. And I said, The best place is right where it is. Its the best piece of property in Washington. Im very good at real estate.
So I said, Well build a new FBI building. Lets build a new FBI building either a renovation of the existing, or even better would be a new building. So we have that in the bill. It should stay. People have wanted a new FBI building now for 15 or 20 years.
Q But Republicans dont want it in the bill.
THE PRESIDENT: Then Republicans should go back to school and learn. They need a new building. Its a bad building. Its a dangerous building. You have slabs falling off. Its not a good building from the inside, and its a very expensive building. They need a new building, and we can do it very easily. To me, it would be very super (inaudible). I would make sure you build a great building at a fraction of the cost, and they can have it done quickly. So the FBI building is not new; this is something theyve been talking about for many, many years, for decades.
Q Mr. President, on TikTok, how close are you to making a decision about banning TikTok?
THE PRESIDENT: Were looking at TikTok. Were thinking about making a decision. Were going to be watching the hearings today very closely, because there is no question that what the big tech companies are doing is very bad.
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Let me just also add on that: CFIUS TikTok is under CFIUS review, and well be making a recommendation to the President on it this week. So we have lots of alternatives.
Q Do you regret tweeting about that doctor, Mr. President? Do you regret tweeting about that doctor yesterday?
THE PRESIDENT: Regret what?
Q Stella Immanuel, the doctor do you wish you had not retweeted that?
THE PRESIDENT: I was very impressed with her and other doctors that stood with her. I think she made sense, but I know nothing about her. I just saw her on you know, making a statement with very respected doctors. She was not alone. She was making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it. They think its great. So she was not alone.
Fake news CNN made it like, Oh, I said this, I said that. She was with a whole group of people. And you ought to tell your network the reason their ratings are so bad is because the coverage is so false. If CNN would be honest and that goes for MSDNC also. But your network is so dishonest in its coverage on just about everything, and theres an example.
I was very impressed by her. Know nothing about her; I had never seen her before. But certainly you can put her up and let her have a voice. So what they did is they took down their voice. Now, they seem to never take down the other side. They only take down conservative voices. Its a shame.
And with hydroxy, all I want to do is save lives. I dont care if its hydroxy or anything else. All I want to do is save lives. If we can save lives, thats great.
Now, one thing: Were doing very well on vaccines and very well on therapeutics. So thats very important. But I happen to be a believer in hydroxy. I used it. I had no problem. I happen to be a believer. Many, many people agree with me. A great test just came out from the Ford clinic in Michigan very respected. Well see how it is.
Q Mr. President, have you decided how youre going to give your convention acceptance speech yet?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Im thinking about it, but were picking a location. Fairly soon well let you know.
Q It wont be here at the White House? Itll be somewhere in
THE PRESIDENT: Might be. Its something were thinking about.
Q Back to Germany: Are those troops what signal does it send to Russia? Those troops were always there to defend Europe against Russia.
THE PRESIDENT: Youre right. Theyre there to protect Europe; theyre there to protect Germany. Right? And Germany is supposed to pay for it. Germany is not paying for it. So why should we leave them if they were not we dont want to be the suckers anymore.
The United States has been taken advantage of for 25 years, both on trade and on the military. We are protecting Germany. So were reducing the force because theyre not paying their bill. Its very simple: Theyre delinquent. Very simple. And there are other NATO countries also.
Right now, you have 8 out of the 28 countries that have paid up. I got them to pay $130 billion a year more, going up to $400 [billion]. Most of them will be up to date. It wasnt easy. But most of them will be up to date. The one that wont be up to date is Germany. And we spend a lot of money on Germany. They take advantage of us on trade, and they take advantage on the military, so were reducing the force. Now, if they start paying their bills, I could rethink about I would think about it.
Yeah.
Q Did you talk to Russia about a coronavirus vaccine?
THE PRESIDENT: We talked to Putin about a lot of different things, mostly
Q About a vaccine?
THE PRESIDENT: arms control. Were working on a vaccine. I think well have one. Oxford is doing very well. Pfizer is doing very well. We have a lot of good options.
Q They said Russia was trying to steal information about a vaccine from researchers. Did you talk to them about that?
THE PRESIDENT: Youre going to have to talk up. I can hear everybody but you.
Q Can you come right here?
THE PRESIDENT: I can hear everybody but you.
Q Can you come right here?
Q On arms control, did you make progress? Are there going to be formal negotiations?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. There already are. Were were in formal negotiations with Russia on arms control meaning, on nuclear arms control.
Q What about bringing China in?
THE PRESIDENT: Well talk about that later. Were going to work this first and well see. China right now is a much lesser nuclear power you understand that than Russia. Right now, we are the great nuclear power. Weve upgraded our nuclear tremendously since. We have the most power. Russia is second and China is third. China is surging; theyll be there at some point. And, yeah, we would want to talk to China eventually. Yes. Okay?
Q Why not as part of a trilateral negotiation? Does China not want to be involved?
THE PRESIDENT: We thought that we would do it first. I dont know if its going to work out. But we would do it first and then we go to China together. Okay? Which, I think, works out probably better.
Q Did you talk to OBrien? Did you talk to Robert OBrien?
THE PRESIDENT: I did. I wished him well. I havent seen him in a while
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: but he went on vacation. He came back, he wasnt well. He tested positive. Hes doing very, very well.
Q Why havent you seen him lately?
THE PRESIDENT: He said hes doing very well. I spoke to him yesterday.
Q Mr. President, are you concerned about reports that a lot of Americans wouldnt accept a vaccine? And what could the administration do
THE PRESIDENT: No, Im not Im not concerned. Well, Im a therapeutic person, too, you know, to be honest. I love the idea of therapeutics, where you go in, you give somebody a transfusion or a shot, and they get better. I am a big therapeutic person. But were doing very well on vaccines and therapeutics. Okay?
And as far as Portland is concerned, weve taken a very strong stand. They are anarchists. Theyre radical, crazy people. And theyre either going to straighten it out for themselves Portland, the police and maybe if the state gets involved; that means the governor and the mayor. But theyre very weak people. Theyre very weak people. These radicals, these anarchists are controlling the governor and this mayor.
The mayor went into a rally it wasnt accurately reported by CNN, by NBC. The mayor went into a rally. He thought hed be their buddy. They excoriated him. They excor- what they did to him was incredible. Lucky he had five bodyguards. But they excoriated him.
NBC I didnt see CNN because I dont watch CNN. NBC absolutely covered it like he was their big buddy. No, he was in great danger of dying. He would have been dead if he didnt have his bodyguards.
These are bad people. These are anarchists. Theyre agitators. And either they do something or were going to do it.
In the meantime, our purpose there is only to protect our federal buildings, which were doing with no problem. I mean, theyre nasty and theyre vicious people, but our people are very powerful people. Very powerful.
And either theyre going to clean up Portland soon or the federal government is going up and were going to do it for them. So either they clean out Portland the governor and the mayor, who are weak either they clean out Portland or were going in to do it for them.
Okay, thank you very much.
END
9:31 A.M. EDT
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: July 29, 2020
South Lawn
9:15 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. We have a lot of things going on. As you know, were heading out to Texas right now.
But Portland Ill give you a little report on Portland: We have the courthouse very well secured. Our people have done a fantastic job. You hear all sorts of reports about us leaving. Were not leaving until theyve secured their city. We told the governor, we told the mayor: Secure your city. If they dont secure their city soon, we have no choice were going to have to go in and clean it out. Well do it very easily. Were all prepared to do it.
So, in Portland, they either clean out their city and do the job and get rid of the anarchists and agitators, which is what they are. Theyre not protesters; theyre anarchists and agitators. We have many in jail. Many of them have been put in jail. Its going to be a long sentence. They either clean out their city and do it right, or were going to have to do it for them.
On CARES, I think maybe, Steve, would you like to say something on that?
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Well, as of now, were very far apart. And because of that, the President and we have discussed a short-term extension to UI and the evictions so that we have some period to negotiate before this runs out. And the President is very (inaudible).
THE PRESIDENT: We want to work on the evictions so that people dont get evicted. Well work on the payments for the people. And the rest of it, were so far apart, we dont care. We really dont care. We want to take care of the people. The Democrats arent taking care of the people. The payments arent enough. The payments arent enough. You understand that. Theyre not making the payments; theyre not making them high enough. The Democrats are not taking care of the people. Nancy Pelosi takes care of herself, but she doesnt take care of anyone else.
If you look at whats going on with Schumer: So when Schumer and Pelosi can get together and take care of the people, well do something. In the meantime, we ought to stop evictions because that expires very soon. So we want to stop the evictions.
Q How do you rate Kamala Harris as a VP? Theres a rumor its going to be her.
THE PRESIDENT: I think shed be a fine choice, Kamala Harris. Shed be a fine choice.
Q Sir, you said you want to pass a short-term bill? A short-term bill. Are you saying you want to pass a short-term bill?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont hear a word youre saying.
Q Mr. President, are you saying you want to pass a short-term bill?
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Well, were looking at a deadline, obviously, of this Friday. The President is very focused on evictions and unemployment. And if we cant reach an agreement by then, the President wants to look at giving us more time to negotiate this.
THE PRESIDENT: Were focused on those two things. We want to take care of them now. The rest, we can discuss later. They want big bailout money for Democrats that ran cities terribly. Their cities are going down the tubes. If you look at Portland, if you look at whats going in Seattle Democrat-run cities, whether you like it or not, theyre terribly run, and theyre always over-taxed. So theyve taxed them too much and they run them poorly. And we dont like that.
And what the Democrats want are bailout funds, and what we want is we want to take care of people. And we should reward most of this country thats well run. You know, most of the country is very well run. Youre watching a Portland and youre watching Seattle. Youre watching New York, where they had a 400 percent increase in crime. Four hundred percent. My city that I love, that I left to do this job, and they had a 400 percent increase, and its unacceptable.
But most of the country is very well run, and Republican cities are very well run. And its a shame to reward badly run, radical-left Democrats, with all of this money that theyre looking for, for cities to throw it away on cities that are poorly run.
Q Are you confident that Russia did not place bounties on U.S. troops?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont I told you, I certainly read about it, and since then, Ive talked about it. Colin Powell says its not true. Colin Powell is not exactly somebody that Im a big fan of. Colin Powell says its not true. Other people say its not true.
If it were true, Id be very angry about it. But if you look at Russia, Russia became Russia from the Soviet Union because of Afghanistan. They lost a fortune and a lot of people a lot of people.
So I dont know why theyd be doing it. But if you tell me theyre doing it, I will certainly take that under consideration.
Q How would you respond if Russia did turn out to have done that? How would you respond? Would you do sanctions?
THE PRESIDENT: I would respond appropriately. Nobody has been tougher on Russia. Nobody has been tougher on China. Nobody has been tougher on Iran than me, and its not even close. And everybody knows this. Nobody has been tougher on Russia, China, or anybody else than me, including our allies NATO, who I got to pay $140 billion more money $140 billion. You know what that is?
Q A lot of money.
THE PRESIDENT: And you know why? Thats to hold Russia in check, all right? I did Russia no favor. Nobody has been tougher on Russia than I am.
Q Mr. President, on NATO, you just gave the order to remove U.S. troops from Germany. How does that keep Russia in check?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Germany is delinquent. They havent paid their fees. They havent paid their NATO fees. And theyre way off, and theyve been off for years, and they have no intention of paying it. And the United States has been taken advantage of on trade and on military and on everything else for many years, and Im here and Ive been straightening it out.
But Germany owes billions and billions of dollars to NATO. And why would we keep all of those troops there? And now Germany is saying its bad for their economy. Well, its good for our economy. Germany is delinquent. Theyre at 1 percent. They should be at 2 percent. And actually, everybody should be at 4 percent, not 2 percent, because 2 percent is too low. But theyre at 1 percent, and theyve take advantage of us for many years.
And you think thats bad? They take worse advantage on trade. And I was all set to fix that, and then we got hit with the China plague. But well be fixing it.
And a guy like Biden this country wouldnt have a chance. With Biden, our country wouldnt have a chance.
Go ahead.
Q In terms of China, they closed our consulate in Chengdu. Are you planning a response for that move by China?
THE PRESIDENT: No, well see what happens. Thats all right. Well see what happens.
Q Are you dropping the demand for FBI money the FBI building?
THE PRESIDENT: So the FBI building theyve been trying to build a new building for many years many, many years. They were thinking about going very far away, but you have to be near the Justice Department. You dont want to be too far away, where they have to drive for an hour, hour and a half because they had a site way out in Virginia, way out in Maryland. And I said, The best place is right where it is. Its the best piece of property in Washington. Im very good at real estate.
So I said, Well build a new FBI building. Lets build a new FBI building either a renovation of the existing, or even better would be a new building. So we have that in the bill. It should stay. People have wanted a new FBI building now for 15 or 20 years.
Q But Republicans dont want it in the bill.
THE PRESIDENT: Then Republicans should go back to school and learn. They need a new building. Its a bad building. Its a dangerous building. You have slabs falling off. Its not a good building from the inside, and its a very expensive building. They need a new building, and we can do it very easily. To me, it would be very super (inaudible). I would make sure you build a great building at a fraction of the cost, and they can have it done quickly. So the FBI building is not new; this is something theyve been talking about for many, many years, for decades.
Q Mr. President, on TikTok, how close are you to making a decision about banning TikTok?
THE PRESIDENT: Were looking at TikTok. Were thinking about making a decision. Were going to be watching the hearings today very closely, because there is no question that what the big tech companies are doing is very bad.
SECRETARY MNUCHIN: Let me just also add on that: CFIUS TikTok is under CFIUS review, and well be making a recommendation to the President on it this week. So we have lots of alternatives.
Q Do you regret tweeting about that doctor, Mr. President? Do you regret tweeting about that doctor yesterday?
THE PRESIDENT: Regret what?
Q Stella Immanuel, the doctor do you wish you had not retweeted that?
THE PRESIDENT: I was very impressed with her and other doctors that stood with her. I think she made sense, but I know nothing about her. I just saw her on you know, making a statement with very respected doctors. She was not alone. She was making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it. They think its great. So she was not alone.
Fake news CNN made it like, Oh, I said this, I said that. She was with a whole group of people. And you ought to tell your network the reason their ratings are so bad is because the coverage is so false. If CNN would be honest and that goes for MSDNC also. But your network is so dishonest in its coverage on just about everything, and theres an example.
I was very impressed by her. Know nothing about her; I had never seen her before. But certainly you can put her up and let her have a voice. So what they did is they took down their voice. Now, they seem to never take down the other side. They only take down conservative voices. Its a shame.
And with hydroxy, all I want to do is save lives. I dont care if its hydroxy or anything else. All I want to do is save lives. If we can save lives, thats great.
Now, one thing: Were doing very well on vaccines and very well on therapeutics. So thats very important. But I happen to be a believer in hydroxy. I used it. I had no problem. I happen to be a believer. Many, many people agree with me. A great test just came out from the Ford clinic in Michigan very respected. Well see how it is.
Q Mr. President, have you decided how youre going to give your convention acceptance speech yet?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Im thinking about it, but were picking a location. Fairly soon well let you know.
Q It wont be here at the White House? Itll be somewhere in
THE PRESIDENT: Might be. Its something were thinking about.
Q Back to Germany: Are those troops what signal does it send to Russia? Those troops were always there to defend Europe against Russia.
THE PRESIDENT: Youre right. Theyre there to protect Europe; theyre there to protect Germany. Right? And Germany is supposed to pay for it. Germany is not paying for it. So why should we leave them if they were not we dont want to be the suckers anymore.
The United States has been taken advantage of for 25 years, both on trade and on the military. We are protecting Germany. So were reducing the force because theyre not paying their bill. Its very simple: Theyre delinquent. Very simple. And there are other NATO countries also.
Right now, you have 8 out of the 28 countries that have paid up. I got them to pay $130 billion a year more, going up to $400 [billion]. Most of them will be up to date. It wasnt easy. But most of them will be up to date. The one that wont be up to date is Germany. And we spend a lot of money on Germany. They take advantage of us on trade, and they take advantage on the military, so were reducing the force. Now, if they start paying their bills, I could rethink about I would think about it.
Yeah.
Q Did you talk to Russia about a coronavirus vaccine?
THE PRESIDENT: We talked to Putin about a lot of different things, mostly
Q About a vaccine?
THE PRESIDENT: arms control. Were working on a vaccine. I think well have one. Oxford is doing very well. Pfizer is doing very well. We have a lot of good options.
Q They said Russia was trying to steal information about a vaccine from researchers. Did you talk to them about that?
THE PRESIDENT: Youre going to have to talk up. I can hear everybody but you.
Q Can you come right here?
THE PRESIDENT: I can hear everybody but you.
Q Can you come right here?
Q On arms control, did you make progress? Are there going to be formal negotiations?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. There already are. Were were in formal negotiations with Russia on arms control meaning, on nuclear arms control.
Q What about bringing China in?
THE PRESIDENT: Well talk about that later. Were going to work this first and well see. China right now is a much lesser nuclear power you understand that than Russia. Right now, we are the great nuclear power. Weve upgraded our nuclear tremendously since. We have the most power. Russia is second and China is third. China is surging; theyll be there at some point. And, yeah, we would want to talk to China eventually. Yes. Okay?
Q Why not as part of a trilateral negotiation? Does China not want to be involved?
THE PRESIDENT: We thought that we would do it first. I dont know if its going to work out. But we would do it first and then we go to China together. Okay? Which, I think, works out probably better.
Q Did you talk to OBrien? Did you talk to Robert OBrien?
THE PRESIDENT: I did. I wished him well. I havent seen him in a while
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: but he went on vacation. He came back, he wasnt well. He tested positive. Hes doing very, very well.
Q Why havent you seen him lately?
THE PRESIDENT: He said hes doing very well. I spoke to him yesterday.
Q Mr. President, are you concerned about reports that a lot of Americans wouldnt accept a vaccine? And what could the administration do
THE PRESIDENT: No, Im not Im not concerned. Well, Im a therapeutic person, too, you know, to be honest. I love the idea of therapeutics, where you go in, you give somebody a transfusion or a shot, and they get better. I am a big therapeutic person. But were doing very well on vaccines and therapeutics. Okay?
And as far as Portland is concerned, weve taken a very strong stand. They are anarchists. Theyre radical, crazy people. And theyre either going to straighten it out for themselves Portland, the police and maybe if the state gets involved; that means the governor and the mayor. But theyre very weak people. Theyre very weak people. These radicals, these anarchists are controlling the governor and this mayor.
The mayor went into a rally it wasnt accurately reported by CNN, by NBC. The mayor went into a rally. He thought hed be their buddy. They excoriated him. They excor- what they did to him was incredible. Lucky he had five bodyguards. But they excoriated him.
NBC I didnt see CNN because I dont watch CNN. NBC absolutely covered it like he was their big buddy. No, he was in great danger of dying. He would have been dead if he didnt have his bodyguards.
These are bad people. These are anarchists. Theyre agitators. And either they do something or were going to do it.
In the meantime, our purpose there is only to protect our federal buildings, which were doing with no problem. I mean, theyre nasty and theyre vicious people, but our people are very powerful people. Very powerful.
And either theyre going to clean up Portland soon or the federal government is going up and were going to do it for them. So either they clean out Portland the governor and the mayor, who are weak either they clean out Portland or were going in to do it for them.
Okay, thank you very much.
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(14,135 posts)1. It's illegal to be an anarchist?
Or to agitate?